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Written by; Dr.Srinivas B.D.S Posted on 27-06-2020

Causes of Tooth Loss;

Tooth Loss cause various problems and affects various functions of the teeth.

Chewing
Aesthetics
Speech
Physiologic dimensions
Altered aesthetics
Drifting of adjacent teeth
Food impaction
Bone resorption in edentulous site
Excess force of remaining teeth
Speech alterations
Nutritional inadequency

Chewing;

The front and back tooth are help to cut and tear food helps grinding and mashing food.

Aesthetics;

The position,Shape and the size of teeth ,especially in the visible area of the mouth , play a perfectly aligned and shaped tooth . They also give definition and fullness to the face.

Speech;

Speech is the significant role in pronounciation , phonetics.

Maintainance of Physiologic Dimensions;

Teeth help maintain a balance between jaws and the musculature .It helps maintain and prevent resorption of tooth roots.

Altered Esthetics;

May cause and changes of facial ,distorted features.

Drifting of adjacent teeth;

The neighbour or adjacent tooth will drifted towards the edentulous spaces.It will leads to improper occlusion. The drifted tooth may also weak and loose, and finally food logement in the spacial areas.

Food impaction;

Due to drifting or tilting of teeth, food can get into interdental areas.This problem conditions is called Food impaction.

Bone Resorption @ the missing tooth area;
The roots of tooth is help maintaining and integrity of the bone.Similarly without using / mastication area the remodelling process will failed and towards bone resorption.

Excess force of remaining teeth;

Excessive force you giving with loss of teeth it will damage your adjacent teeth, or remaining teeth.So it can be traumatic.

Speech alterations;

Without teeth , yor way of speech and kind of speech will alter. It will due to lack of confidence. Especially for speakers, managers.

Nutritional inadequency;

Missing tooth peoples are difficulty to chewing in solid foods, so they have lack of nutrient suppliments.Because these peoples are difficulty to chew fibers and protien foods.